Since two years, the European Business Competence* Licence, EBC*L can be obtained in Nigeria. In the meantime more than 100 Nigerians have acquired the core business management competences by completing EBC*L Level A. Recently, participants at Kaduna Business School (KBS) are among the first to have successfully completed the highly demanding Level B.

Reception of the Nigerian Delegation at EBC*L International in Vienna (from left to right): Vollmann, Sani, Mihalic, Yakubu, Hasan


„Internationally recognized certificates such as EBC*L significantly enhance our student’s employability“ Mr. Sani, director-general of KBS, affirms the high demand at his business school.

Since the EBC*L was received so well, plans for an expansion to a wider range of target groups in Nigeria were under discussion between Victor Mihalic, CEO of EBC*L International, and Dr. Nuru A. Yakubu in Vienna, Austria. As ‘Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education’, Dr. Yakubu is responsible for the design and structure of the technical education and the practical training of about 350.000 Nigerian ‘polytechnic’ students .

In such a populous country as Nigeria, the increasing demand for services is accompanied by a constantly rising number of small and medium sized entrepreneurs. However, many of these sole-traders lack the necessary business management know-how in order to successfully run a business.

Good mood at the international knowledge exchange - EBC*L headquarter in Vienna/Austria.


‘By means of the e-learning programme, ‘Easy Business – The easy route to business management’, these entrepreneurs as well as our country’s 4 mil. students, could obtain the essential business competences in order to compete on the global market. EBC*L is definitely the most efficient and cost-saving way to obtain an internationally recognised business competence certificate’, Dr. Yakubu asserted on the potential of the European Business Competence* Licence.